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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: mr_hilux10 on February 09, 2015, 06:31:30 PM
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After spending 9 nites away the bride has decided she wants to upgrade to an expanda from our hawk and i am slowly coming around to the idea
It would be great but i am concerned that now having a 'caravan' access to bush camping ie. Camping by the turon river wont be possible due to size
I have said that i would go the single axel only for ease of off road use but just want to make sure that I am not going to miss out on spots that we won't be able to go
would love some advice / reassurance from my fellow swaggers
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Stay with what you've got, if she wants more room get her a swag >:D ;D ;D
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What part of the Turon do you wanna get to? I have camped at 3 spots with an Expanda.
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I had no where in particular but that sounds good that you can get it down there
What size expanda is it. We are looking at 16-49.4
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I had no where in particular but that sounds good that you can get it down there
What size expanda is it. We are looking at 16-49.4
Had a 16:49-3 same size. Common sense and you can take I to a few places
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I know this story well and know how it will end.
We also had a Jayco Finch for 15 years before the wife keep suggesting the expanda idea after the kids had out grown camping with the oldies. I kept dismissing the idea ,then started looking around and suggested [read buckled] that if we were to get one then it won't be a big model. I looked around and found a 2010 12.37 outback model with single rear bed only 6 months ago. The transition has been good ,easy to set up pack up, bit heavier to tow with increased fuel use, but comfy for our needs. Generally more organised with being able to access the inside without the need to crank the roof like with camper
I would happily tow it into the Turon [ie Capertee end] and have towed it into a few off the bitumen camps so far that I would otherwise have towed the Finch.
The reassurance that I can offer is that the wife will be happy and will be keen to get away more often.
A couple of pics of camp in the Bago State Forest Blowering Dam our most recent trip
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How noisey are the panels above the bed when it rain's ? Cheers.
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How noisey are the panels above the bed when it rain's ? Cheers.
It is a pleasant noise knowing that it is not the canvas being rained upon
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Looks like a good setup you have
I am leaning towards doing it and getting the 16-49.4
I am thinking that wherever i put thr landcruiser the van should follow as well, within reason of course
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I am leaning towards doing it and getting the 16-49.4
Not sure how many, if any kids you need to accommodate ,but the 14..4 foot range are a good compromise for size, although the 16 foot range are more common so 2nd hand a larger selection on used market if you are going use over new.
Also have a look over on the forum
http://www.expandasdownunder.com/ (http://www.expandasdownunder.com/)